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(1930-2023)

O'Connor was born on March 26th, 1930 in southeastern Arizona. She died on December 1st, 2023 in Phoenix. Growing up she lived on her family's Lazy B ranch, which concerned her parents due to education she moved to El Paso Texas where she attended Private Radford School for girls and Austin High. In 1946 she enrolled at Stanford University, where she studied economics and graduated magna cum laude in 1950. Then she entered law school, where she received a LL.B. And she continued her path in Law.

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She failed to get a job in any law firms within San francisco and Los Angeles law firms because she was a women. Despite that she kept trying and ended up getting appointed to the supreme court due to the promise of 1980 presidential campaign, candidate Ronald Reagen.

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O'Connor failed to obtain employment as a lawyer with San francisco and Los angeles firms because she was a women

After a couple years of being in Germany O'Connor returned to the united states and settled in phoenix. O'Connor and another lawyer opened a law office in suburban maryvale, but she devoted most of her time to her 3 sons.

In 1965 O'Connor returned to full time employment as arizona's assistant attorneys general, she remained active in civic affairs until state senator resigned in 1969 and she was appointed to to the seat by Governor Jack Williams.

In 1974 she left the legislature, running successfully for a judgeship in Maricopa county superior court. The following year she was appointed to the arizona court of appeals then was selected for the supreme court

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O´Connor became the first woman ever nominated on the supreme court during the 191 year history of the court.

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When Regen selected her for supreme court she became the first appointee in 24 years with prior service on state court and the first in 32 years with Legislative experience

In July 1981 President Reagan kept his promise, nominating Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female justice in the 191-year history of the court.

O'Connor was a founder of both the Arizona Women Lawyers Association and the National Association of Women Judges and had fought to eliminate provisions discriminating = against women from her state's bar rules and community property laws. On the Court she quickly established a reputation as a judicial opponent of sex discrimination

In a 1992 challenge to abortion rights, Planned Parenthood v. Casey, O'Connor was one of the majority who voted to uphold the provisions of Roe v. Wade that made abortion legal for women.

O'Connor received the Elliot Richardson Public Service Prize from the Council for Excellence in Government. Also in 2004, O'Connor, speaking at the annual conference of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Monterey, California, said she was "disgusted" by a 5-4 Supreme Court decision that cast doubt on federal sentencing guidelines.

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Sandra Day O'Connor broke through the barrier of gender norms and roles, pushing herself in her academic records and applying for employment as a lawyer until she finally got appointed from Ronald Reagan to become the first female justice in the 191 year history of the court.  She should be recognized because this is a major event for women's history. Showing gender roles don’t affect working women.

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"Sandra Day O'Connor." Encyclopedia of World Biography Online, Gale, 2024. Gale In Context: Biography, link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1631004917/BIC?u=s0894&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=16b8a3da. Accessed 7 Mar. 2024.